Radio communications between a medical flight and radar controllers trying to get ahold of a sleeping Nevada air traffic controller show the pilot circled several times before saying he'd have to land the plane unaided.
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An air traffic controller was suspended Wednesday after being asleep while a medical flight was landing in Nevada, marking the fifth lapse so far this year among controllers at the nation's airports. Four involved sleeping controllers.
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Officials at a Reno, Nevada, airport have confirmed that an air traffic controller fell asleep while on duty Wednesday morning. The incident apparently occurred while a medical flight was trying to land. NBC's Tom Costello reports.

The latest in a string of storms dropped heavy snow in the Sierra Nevada and set up ski resorts for a busy Presidents Day weekend, but it also caused more traffic delays and school closures.
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A Hong Kong fashion model won't appear in a Nevada court this week on misdemeanor charges relating to crashing her rented motor home into a landmark arch just one day after she was arrested on felony drug charges at the Burning Man counterculture festival.
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